20-77-308. Release of information to Department of Human Services.

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20-77-308. Release of information to Department of Human Services.

20-77-308. Release of information to Department of Human Services. All recipients of medical assistance under the Arkansas Medicaid Program shall be deemed to have authorized all third parties including, but not limited to, insurance companies and providers of medical care to release to the Department of Human Services information needed by the department to secure or enforce its rights as assignee under § 20-77-306.

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-77-308

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20-77-306. Liability of third parties to Department of Human Services — Definitions.

20-77-306. Liability of third parties to Department of Human Services — Definitions. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Health insurer” means a commercial insurance company offering health or casualty insurance to individuals or groups including without limitation experience-rated insurance contracts and indemnity contracts that offer the following: (A) Automobile insurance, including casualty, medical payment, uninsured motorist bodily injury coverage, and underinsured benefits except benefits payable for or limited under the terms of the policy to property damage or wrongful death; (B) A group health plan as defined in section 607(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., as it existed on January 1, 2007; (C) A healthcare plan as defined in § 23-76-102 or similar laws of another state; (D) A health maintenance organization; (E) A liability insurance plan; (F) A hospital and medical service corporation as defined in § 23-75-101; (G) A managed care organization; (H) A company that offers or administers health or casualty insurance to individuals or groups; (I) A profit or nonprofit prepaid plan offering either medical services or full or partial payment for services that are reimbursed by Medicaid; (J) An organization administering health or casualty insurance plans, including self-insured and self-funded plans; (K) Other parties that are by statute, contract, or agreement, legally responsible for payment of a healthcare item or service; (L) A pharmacy benefits manager; and (M) Workers' compensation; (2) “Medicaid” means the medical assistance program established under § 20-77-101 et seq.; and (3) “Third party” means an individual, an entity, or a program that is or may be liable to pay all or p

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-77-306

Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 20-77-306. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.